Category: Archive
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Epoch EP by Alfa Mist & Emmavie – free music download
Alfa Mist & Emmavie’s Epoch EP showcases the work of a low-profile duo making high-quality music [one_half] If Alfa Mist and Emmavie had a higher profile (and perhaps big-label backing), there’s little chance their seven-track EP would be free. It’s among the best releases – free or paid-for – of 2014. What’s not, however, freely […]
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Yellow Memories album – Fatima
Listen to Yellow Memories, Fatima’s debut album that spans soul, jazz and electronica Fatima is the archetypal world citizen. Born to Swedish and Senegalese parents, she grew up in Södermalm, moved to London in her early twenties and is currently residing in New York. And that penchant for variety is reflected in a strong debut […]
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Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting – Eilon Paz
Thumb through Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting, photographer Eilon Paz’s coffee-table book that features eye-catching portraits of some of the world’s most ardent vinyl junkies Book Dust And Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting Website Dust And Grooves Reports of vinyl’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, as the popularity of Eilon Paz’s Dust And […]
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Sun Come In single – Joanna Borromeo & Häzel – free music download
Download a free Jill Scott(ish) single by Canadian singer-songwriter Joanna Borromeo Close your eyes and you’d be mistaken for thinking you were listening to vintage Jill Scott after hearing the first few bars of Sun Come In. But, unlike Ms Scott, Joanna Borromeo opts to develop the track into a rhodes-filled instrumental. For a decade […]
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Shangri La EP – James Tillman
Listen to the soulful Shangri La EP by James Tillman, a singer-songwriter following in the scholarly footsteps of José James and Bilal According to his biography, singer-songwriter James Tillman could’ve been an accountant, but he realised a career in numbers didn’t add up. Instead, music beckoned for the Washington DC native. And, judging by his […]
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Mood Swings EP – Maxine Ashley – free music download
Download Maxine Ashley’s free EP, which includes a delightful Pharrell-produced track and an intriguing Portishead cover Two years from now, Maxine Ashley will no doubt be perched in the front rows of countless fashion shows and striking ‘fierce’ poses at the Grammys. That’s because there seems to be much moolah swashing around her. None other […]
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Nothing Leaves The House double 7″ – various artists
First Word Records celebrates Record Store Day with a limited-edition 7″ featuring tracks by four producers, including Tall Black Guy and Eric Lau In a phenomenon that few would’ve predicted, vinyl is growing in popularity despite the omnipresence of MP3s. Yes, the black disc is undergoing a mini renaissance, something that pleases many musicians and […]
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Lovestep Vol. 1 EP – Daz-I-Kue
Former Bugz in the Attic Daz-I-Kue releases a dub-infused EP five years after the collective’s final release The last Bugz in the Attic release was in 2009 (Got The Bug 2: Bugz In The Attic Remixes Collection Pt II) and that was a compilation. In truth, the west London collective had disbanded long before, with […]
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Beacons EP – Werkha
The rhythmic electronica of the Beacons EP is a terrific follow-up to Werkha’s appearance on a Gilles Peterson album Werkha is DJ/producer Tom A Leah. Although he was born in Manchester in north-west England, he spent much of his childhood further north in rural Cumbria where, as he recalls, you needed to “find ways to […]
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Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers
Introducing the Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers, an unsung Danish firm’s attempt at creating devices that fuse style and substance Recommended price €899/£743/$1236 (approx.) Websites Vifa design-people The Vifa Copenhagen is the kind of boombox a Scandinavian designer would covet. More accurately, it’s a wireless speaker that will reproduce the MP3s on your smartphone, tablet […]